Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-05-20

WASHINGTON, D. c..


there is vacancy In any class OF 81 200
or over the whole number Of clerks below
that grade shall be examined for the
purpose of making selection Of per-
son for the promotion. Any person not
passing with an average OF IS per cent.
may be discharged at once, or ii the
head of the Department sees proper they
shall be retained for six months and
then subjected to another examination.
If they do not pass at IS per cert. after
the second trial they are to be summarily
discharged from the service. For the
present the rules will only be applied
to the War Department as an expert
ment, but as soon as everything Is In
good working order they will be applied
to all the Departments. The result OF
the new rules will be looked for with
great interest. as it is predicted that not
one-half of the older employees will be
able to stand the examination. Those
clerks who have been the warmest adj
herents Of civil service are now de-
nouncing it in round terms, for while
it was a good thing to keep them in they
consider 1t an abomination for them to
be turned out under 1t. 1t is the old
story of who's OK is gored.
The statue of the late President Gar
field was unveiled with imposing cere-
monies on Thursday last under the
auspices Of the Army of the Cumberland
of which he was member. The cere-
monies were commenced by large and
imposing parade which WAS participa-
ted in by the regular troops stationed in
Washington, the local military com
panies, Grand Army posts, and the
members of the Army Of the Cum5er-
land attending the meeting in this city.
Gen. j. Warner Keifer, Of Ohio. was
the orator of the day. and President
Cleveland made short address, which
was said to be the fines: he has ever
made. The statue, which is bronze,
is the design of the sculptor Ward, and
is 10 feet inches In height. 1t repre-
sents Garfield facing the west i'm the act
of delivering an address, with his right
hand resting on column and manu-
script held in his left. The statue is
one of the finest of the many fine ones
in Washington, and cost in the neigh
borhood of sixty thousand dollars.
Associate Justice William B. Woods,
of the Supreme Court Of the United
States, died a. his home In this city on
Saturday last, liz the sixty. fourth year
of his age. Justice Woods was an Ohio
man but was appointed justice of the
supreme Court from Alabama in 1880.
Attorney General Garland has an am.
bition to be a justice of the Supreme
Court, and it is more than likely that he
will get the vacancy caused by the death
of Justice Woods. Among other per-
sons named to succeed Justice Woods
are Speaker Carlisle, Randolph Tucker,
and Ex-Governor Hoadley. of Ohio.
The President has appointed james
w. Hyatt, of Connecticut, to be Treas
urer Of the United States to succeed
Treasurer Conrad, who resigned to ac-
cept a position in the national bank in
New York of which ex-Secretary Man.
ming is president. Mr.. Hyatt, the new
appointee, was originally Republican,
but he went over to the Democracy in
1872, at the time of the Greedy move
ment. His salary as Treasurer of the
United States will be 81, 900 year, and
his bond $4,000.
Senator Kenna and Senator-elect
Faulkner spent several days in WASH
ington last week, Senator Kenna being
engaged in the pleasant task of intro
ducing Senator Faulkner to the Presi-
dent and through the different Depart
ments. am told that Senator Faulkner
received an ovation at every point stop
ped at on his way to and from his re-
cent trip to Charleston, Democrats and
Republicans alike turning out to do him
honor. To see his smiling face while
here one conld easily see that he was
very much pleased with his trip. 1t is
an impression rapidly gaining ground
among politicians in Washington that
Mr.. Lucas will not contest the seat in
the Senate to which Mr.. Faulkner has
been elected, but of course that is some
thing no one can tell.
There is now some local agitation
going on here 20 restore the old limits
of the District Of Columbia SO as to in
clude that portion Of Virginia immedi-
ately opposite Washington and includ-
ing the city of Alexandria. 1t would
require the action of Congress anG the
Legislature of Virginia, and neither
body is likely to give its consent. The
scheme is in the interest of people who
own real estate on the other side of the
river, and who want to get their prop
erty into the protecting bosom of Con-
gress and also help to reduce the surplus
in the Treasury by laying out streets
and avenues and thus getting good
price for land that is now practically
valueless.
The preparations for the great ma
tional drill are about completed, and by
the last of the week there will be sew.
eral thousand militiamen on the ground.
Altogether between seven and eight
thousand will take part in the drill,
which will be one of the finest ever held
in this country. A large hospital for
the accommodation of those of the Wis.,
itors who may need its services will be
under the care Of the Red Cross Society.
This is very sensible idea, as with so
many men unaccustomed to camp life